GBC's business, which includes the representa- tion of all Associated Newspa- pers publications, The Guard- ian Media Group, The Week and The Economist in Saudi Arabia, has been fully incorpo- rated into Alef, with all staff retained by the Saudi business.

Twisted translation: Kayhan, perhaps the single most hardline daily in Tehran, went a bit too far last week in its distortions and got called out by two conservative websites, Alef and Tabnak, for twisting the words of President Obama in the interview he gave Bloomberg news.

Gurovich said the channel would be funded privately, unlike other projects such as the Alef Network in South America or the J channel in France that depended on the support of their Jewish communities.

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